Media Joins the Massive Call for Bush Impeachment

Liberal Politics: U.S.

March 9, 2006

​​​​Calls for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and cohort
Vice-President Dick Cheney grow louder and stronger with each passing
week. This past week, members of the mainstream media and others joined
the swelling chorus of voices pushing for Congressional impeachment
hearings.

We have before us in the White House a thief who steals the
country's good name and reputation for his private interest and
personal use; a liar who seeks to instill in the American people a
state of fear; a televangelist who engages the United States in a
never-ending crusade against all the world's evil, a wastrel who
squanders a vast sum of the nation's wealth on what turns out to be a
recruiting drive certain to multiply the host of our enemies. In a word, a criminal—known to be armed and shown to be dangerous. "

And in The Nation, Elizabeth Holzman, who served four terms in the US House of Representatives, writes, "Like
many others, I have been deeply troubled by Bush's breathtaking scorn
for our international treaty obligations under the United Nations
Charter and the Geneva Conventions. I have also been disturbed by the
torture scandals and the violations of US criminal laws at the highest
levels of our government ....

As a matter of constitutional law, these and other misdeeds constitute grounds for the impeachment of President Bush.
A President, any President, who maintains that he is above the law--and
repeatedly violates the law--thereby commits high crimes and
misdemeanors, the constitutional standard for impeachment and removal
from office."

And one of my favorite best-selling authors, the genial and brilliant Garrison Keillor of Prairie Home Companion, wrote in Salon last week, "According
to the leaders of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, our country is
practically as vulnerable today as it was on 9/10. Our seaports are
wide open, our airspace is not secure except for the nation's capital,
and little has been done about securing the nuclear bomb materials
lying around in the world. They give the administration D's and F's in
most categories of defending against terrorist attack.

Our adventure in Iraq, at a cost of trillions, has brought that
country to the verge of civil war while earning us more enemies than
ever before. And tax money earmarked for security is being dumped into
pork barrel projects anywhere somebody wants their own SWAT team.
Detonation of a nuclear bomb within our borders -- pick any big city --
is a real possibility, as much so now as five years ago.....

The U.S. Constitution provides a simple ultimate way to hold him
to account for war crimes and the failure to attend to the country's
defense. Impeach him and let the Senate hear the evidence.
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Cities from California and Vermont have passed legislation urging impeachment hearings for
Bush and usually Cheney, and liberal-leaning groups from Minnesota,
North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, California, Oregon, Nevada and
beyond have called for impeachment proceedings.

And also in late 2005, liberal activist Bob Fertik founded ImpeachPac to "support
Democratic candidates for Congress who support the immediate and
simultaneous impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney for their Iraq
War lies." The PAC has already attracted tens of thousands in
online contributions and serves as the informal "go to" website for
impeachment news and info.

In late January 2006, Insight magazine, owned by the Bush-friendly conservative-insider newspaper The Washington Times, reported that "The Bush administration is bracing for impeachment hearings in Congress."

In late February 2006, CBS News reported that "President
Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent,
while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high. Americans
are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving a
Dubai-owned company operational control over six major U.S. ports.
Seven in 10 Americans, including 58 percent of Republicans, say they're
opposed to the agreement. "

And that is exactly what George W. Bush has been committing: He’s been subverting our Constitution, and he has repeatedly violated his oath of office to 'faithfully execute' his duties and to 'preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.'

He has done so in four key areas: in the Iraq War, in detentions
here at home and abroad, in the torture scandal, and in the NSA
warrantless spying program."
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Now, in mid-March of 2006, the Impeach Bush & Cheney movement grows louder and stronger each week.

Chances are slim that in this Republican-dominated 109th
Congress, impeachment hearings will commence. But given current
overwhelming public opinion against all major Bush administration
initiatives, the November 2006 Congressional elections could
significantly change the balance of partisan power in Washington DC.

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